But some people who wanted to stir up trouble said,“ How can this fellow save us?” They looked down on him. They didn’t bring him any gifts. But Saul kept quiet about it.

但有些匪徒说：“这人怎能救我们呢？”就藐视他，没有送他礼物；扫罗却不理会。

但有些无赖之辈说：“这人怎么能救我们呢？”他们就藐视他，不送礼物给他。扫罗却保持沉默。

但有些无赖之辈说：“这人怎么能救我们呢？”他们就藐视他，不送礼物给他。扫罗却保持沉默。

但有一些市井之徒说：“这人怎能救我们？”就鄙视他，没有送礼物给他，但扫罗没有说什么。

但是有些流氓说：“这人怎能拯救我们呢？”就藐视他，也没有送他礼物。扫罗却没有说什么。

然而有些卑劣之徒说：“这人怎么能拯救我们呢？”他们就轻视他，也没有给他带礼物，扫罗却保持沉默。

但有些匪徒說：「這人怎能救我們呢？」就藐視他，沒有送他禮物；掃羅卻不理會。

但有些無賴之輩說：「這人怎麼能救我們呢？」他們就藐視他，不送禮物給他。掃羅卻保持沉默。

但有些無賴之輩說：「這人怎麼能救我們呢？」他們就藐視他，不送禮物給他。掃羅卻保持沉默。

但有一些市井之徒說：「這人怎能救我們？」就鄙視他，沒有送禮物給他，但掃羅沒有說什麼。

但是有些流氓說：“這人怎能拯救我們呢？”就藐視他，也沒有送他禮物。掃羅卻沒有說甚麼。

但是有些無賴子說：『這傢伙怎能拯救我們呢？』就藐視他，沒有給他送禮物。

然而有些卑劣之徒說：「這人怎麼能拯救我們呢？」他們就輕視他，也沒有給他帶禮物，掃羅卻保持沉默。

有匪徒曰、斯人焉能拯我、遂藐視之、不饋禮物、掃羅置若罔聞、

諸匪類曰、斯人也、曷能拯我。故藐視之、不饋禮物。掃羅置若罔聞。

有匪徒曰、斯人也、何能救我、乃藐視之、不饋禮物、惟掃羅默然、

But some scoundrels said,“ How can this fellow save us?” They despised him and brought him no gifts. But Saul kept silent.

But some worthless fellows said,“ How can this man save us?” And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

But there were some scoundrels who complained,“ How can this man save us?” And they scorned him and refused to bring him gifts. But Saul ignored them.[ Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had been grievously oppressing the people of Gad and Reuben who lived east of the Jordan River. He gouged out the right eye of each of the Israelites living there, and he didn’t allow anyone to come and rescue them. In fact, of all the Israelites east of the Jordan, there wasn’t a single one whose right eye Nahash had not gouged out. But there were 7,000 men who had escaped from the Ammonites, and they had settled in Jabesh gilead.]

But some wicked men said,“ How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

But certain useless men said,“ How can this one save us?” And they despised him and did not bring him a gift. But he kept silent about it.

But some rebels said,“ How can this man save us?” So they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

But some wicked men said,“ How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.

But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought him no presents. But he held his peace.

But some wicked men said,“ How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.

But certain worthless fellows said,“ How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

You hear that people who cause trouble have appeared among you. They’ve tried to get the people of their town to do something wrong. They’ve said,“ Let’s go and worship other gods.” But you haven’t known anything about those gods before.

Year after year, everyone who came to him brought a gift. They brought gifts made out of silver and gold. They brought robes, weapons and spices. They also brought horses and mules.

Eli’s sons were good for nothing. They didn’t honor the Lord.

The Lord made the kingdom secure under Jehoshaphat’s control. All the people of Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat. So he had great wealth and honor.

But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded,“ Don’t answer him.”

May the kings of Tarshish and of places far away bring him gifts. May the kings of Sheba and Seba give him presents.

The people said to Samuel,“ Who asked,‘ Is Saul going to rule over us?’ Turn these men over to us. We’ll put them to death.”

Some worthless and evil men gathered around him. They opposed Solomon’s son Rehoboam. At that time Rehoboam was young. He couldn’t make up his mind. He wasn’t strong enough to stand up against those men.

“ This is the same Moses the two men of Israel would not accept. They had said,‘ Who made you ruler and judge?’ But God himself sent Moses to rule the people of Israel and set them free. He spoke to Moses through an angel. The angel had appeared to him in the bush.

“ You stubborn people! You won’t obey! You won’t listen! You are just like your people of long ago! You always oppose the Holy Spirit!Was there ever a prophet your people didn’t try to hurt? They even killed those who told about the coming of the Blameless One. And now you have handed him over to his enemies. You have murdered him.

Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines. He ruled as far as the border of Egypt. All those countries brought the gifts he required them to bring him. And Solomon ruled over those countries for his whole life.

The Wise Men went to the house. There they saw the child with his mother Mary. They bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures. They gave him gold, frankincense and myrrh.

An evil man who always stirred up trouble happened to be in Gilgal. His name was Sheba, the son of Bikri. Sheba was from the tribe of Benjamin. He blew his trumpet. Then he shouted,“ We don’t have any share in David’s kingdom! Jesse’s son is not our king! Men of Israel, every one of you go back home!”

Like a deaf person, I can’t hear. Like someone who can’t speak, I can’t say a word.

But when the chief priests and the elders brought charges against him, he did not answer.Then Pilate asked him,“ Don’t you hear the charges they are bringing against you?”But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge. The governor was really amazed.

David also won the battle over the people of Moab. He made them lie down on the ground. Then he measured them off with a piece of rope. He put two- thirds of them to death. He let the other third remain alive. So the Moabites were brought under David’s rule. They gave him the gifts he required them to bring him.